Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya buɗe taron manema labarai na kafin gasar a ranar da ta gabaci FIFA World Cup 2026™, yana kiran wasan buɗewa a matsayin lokacin farin ciki, murna, da haɗin kai ga duniya baki ɗaya.

Yana magana da kafofin watsa labarai na duniya, Infantino ya ɗaga Trionda — ƙwallon hukuma na gasar — kuma ya bayyana kofin FIFA World Cup a matsayin mafi shahara a wasanni. Ya ce: "Lokaci ne na farin ciki, lokaci ne na biki, lokaci ne na murna, kuma ina farin cikin gaske sosai don ganin ƙwallon yana tafiya a cikin 'yan awanni."

Cocin ƙwallon ƙafa a Mexico City

Mexico da South Africa za su bude bugu na 23 na gasar a ranar Alhamis, 11 Yuni 2026, a Mexico City Stadium — filin wasa wanda Infantino ya kira "cocin ƙwallon ƙafa" kuma ya ce an "albarkace shi da allolin ƙwallon ƙafa."

Wannan filin wasa ya zama na farko a tarihin Kofin Duniya da ya dauki wasan buɗewa sau uku daban-daban, bayan ya shirya kaddamar a shekarar 1970 da 1986. Infantino ya ce: "Wannan shi ne filin wasa da Pelé da Diego Maradona suka ci Kofin Duniya. Ina tsammanin wannan filin wasa ya shaida abubuwa masu ban al'ajabi."

An shirya ƙarshen wasan a ranar Lahadi, 19 Yuli 2026, a New York New Jersey, wanda ke nuna ƙarshen Kofin Duniya na farko da ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi 48 kuma kasashe uku suka masaukinsa: Canada, Mexico, da United States.

Ganin shiga gasar IR Iran da murna

Infantino ya musamman ambaci cancantar IR Iran a matsayin abin alfahari na musamman. Ya tuna da tafiyarsa zuwa Antalya, Türkiye, a watan Maris don ziyartar tawagar Iran lokacin da shiga gasar su ke cikin tambaya. Ya ce: "Na faɗa musu kuma na yi musu alƙawari cewa za su zo, kuma ko da na buƙaci hawa bas ɗin zuwa Tehran in tuka su nan, da na yi haka." Ya yabi ƙudurin 'yan wasa, yana nakalto amsarsu: "Za mu hau bas ɗin kanmu mu tuka shi idan ya zama dole."

Miliyoyin magoya baya, ɗaya ji na haɗin gwiwa

Infantino ya kiyasta cewa tsakanin miliyan shida da rabi da miliyan bakwai na magoya baya za su halarta wasannin a kasashe uku masu masauki, yayin da ake tsammanin ɗaruruwan miliyoyin ƙarin za su bi ta hanyar ƙauyukan magoya baya, jam'iyyin kallo, da watsa labarai a duniya.

Ya ce: "Magoya baya su ne ke sa Kofin Duniya ya zama abin da yake," yana ƙara cewa masu goyon baya a ko'ina kawai suna so "jin lokacin farin ciki, lokacin da za su iya barin matsalolin yau da kullun a gefen su."

Kudade da ake sake saka hannun jari duniya baki ɗaya

Game da harkar kudi, Shugaban FIFA ya tabbatar da cewa kudaden da FIFA World Cup 2026™ ke samarwa za a sake saka hannun jari don bunƙasa ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin dukkan ƙungiyoyin FIFA 211, ciki har da kasashe da ke jawo ɗan ƙaramin saka hannun jari daga waje. Ya kawo misali da South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Bhutan, East Timor, da Vanuatu a matsayin yankunan da FIFA ke jagoranta da kuɗi wanda wasu ba sa bayarwa.

Infantino ya kuma yi amfani da taron manema labarai don neman a sake 'yantar da ɗan jarida na Faransa Christophe Gleizes, wanda aka tsare a Algeria tsawon shekara fiye da ɗaya, yana fatan cewa Gleizes zai iya halarta gasar — yana lura cewa takardar shaidarsa da kujerar sa har yanzu ana ajiye musu. Ya kuma girmama ɗan jarida na Argentina Enrique Macaya Márquez, wanda zai rufe FIFA World Cup ta 18 a jere, bayan ya halarci kowane bugu tun 1958.